DOVELL, Lewis
| Service Number: | 1698 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Combe Martin, England, 14 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Combe Martin School |
| Occupation: | Signwriter/Decorator/Sleeper-cutter |
| Died: | Natural causes (old age), Barnstaple, England, 10 January 1975, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Combe Martin (St. Peter) Churchyard, Devon England |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1698, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 23 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Fremantle | |
| 12 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 12 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in England |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Patricia Dovell
My grandfather Lewis William Dovell with his brother Herbert John,who were both talented signwriters and good at art but there was not much work in the village. They left the village to find work and became citizens of Australia and together joined the Australian Army. My grandfathers career is well documented on this website. My grandfather was fighting alongside his brother in France when his brother was killed in action. My grandfather married my grandmother Rosalie Mary Thomas whilst on leave, returning to the fighting after the wedding.
After the war my grandfather remained in Combe Martin and worked as a painter/decorator and carpenter. He had four children. My grandfather was an amazing man, funny with a generous spirit. He grew beautiful vegetables and flowers and made wonderful sledges and furniture.
Lewis Dovell was a good man. The photograph attached to my grandfathers page is not of him but his father and brother. The soldier seated and child are not family members
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